Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 244 / Thursday, December 19, 2024 / Notices 103803 

Dated: December 16, 2024. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30262 Filed 12–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[GDO Docket No. EA–520] 

Application for Authorization To 

Export Electric Energy; XTS LLC 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: XTS LLC (the Applicant or 

XTS) has applied for authorization to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Mexico pursuant to the Federal 

Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before January 21, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or requests for 

more information should be addressed 

by electronic mail to 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474–8226, 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Department of Energy 

(DOE) regulates electricity exports from 

the United States to foreign countries in 

accordance with section 202(e) of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)) and regulations thereunder (10 

CFR 205.300 et seq.). Sections 301(b) 

and 402(f) of the DOE Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b) and 7172(f)) 

transferred this regulatory authority, 

previously exercised by the nowdefunct Federal Power Commission, to 

DOE. 

Section 202(e) of the FPA provides 

that an entity which seeks to export 

electricity must obtain an order from 

DOE authorizing that export (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)). On April 10, 2023, the 

authority to issue such orders was 

delegated to the DOE’s Grid Deployment 

Office (GDO) under Redelegation Order 

No. S3–DEL–GD1–2023. 

On November 19, 2024, XTS filed an 

application for authorization to transmit 

electric energy from the United States to 

Mexico for a term of five years. App. at 

1. 

According to the Application, XTS is 

a power marketer ‘‘authorized to do 

business in the State of Texas as a 

limited liability company that 

participates in the Electric Reliability 

Council of Texas[.]’’ Id. XTS states that 

it purchases and sells electricity and 

ancillary services to customers. Id. The 

Applicant has applied for Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

market-based rate authority and ‘‘will 

obtain any and all other regulatory 

approvals required in order to carry out 

any electricity exports.’’ Id. at 4 & 

Attachment 2. 

The Applicant states it ‘‘does not 

currently own or control electric 

generation or transmission facilities and 

does not have a power supply of its own 

in the United States that would cause its 

electricity exports to have a reliability, 

fuel use, or system stability impact.’’ 

App. at 3. XTS represents that it ‘‘will 

purchase the electricity that it may 

export, on either a firm or an 

interruptible basis, from wholesale 

generators, electric utilities, federal 

power marketing agencies, and affiliates 

through negotiated agreements that have 

been voluntarily executed by the selling 

parties after considering their own need 

for any such electricity.’’ Id. at 3. XTS 

asserts its transactions will comply with 

all North American Reliability 

Corporation requirements and the 

export limits imposed by DOE. See id. 

at 4. For these reasons, XTS states that 

its ‘‘proposed electricity exports will not 

impair or tend to impede the sufficiency 

of electric power supplies in the United 

States or the regional coordination of 

electric utility planning or operations.’’ 

Id. 

The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

the Applicant have been previously 

authorized by Presidential permits 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended, and are appropriate 

for open access transmission by third 

parties. See App. at Exhibit C. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

Application at Electricity.Exports@

hq.doe.gov. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of FERC’s 

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to this proceeding 

should file a motion to intervene at 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov in 

accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 

385.214). 

Comments and other filings 

concerning XTS’s Application should be 

clearly marked with GDO Docket No. 

EA–520. Additional copies are to be 

provided directly to Pedro Escudero y 

Ramirez de Arellano, XTS LLC, Javier 

Barros Sierra, 540 Park Plaza I Piso 1, 

Alvaro Obregon, CDMX, Mexico 01210, 

escuderop@xiix.mx, and Frederick Jauss 

IV, Husch Blackwell LLP, 1801 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 1000, 

Washington, DC 20006, fred.jauss@

huschblackwell.com. 

A final decision will be made on the 

requested authorization after the 

environmental impacts have been 

evaluated pursuant to DOE’s National 

Environmental Policy Act Implementing 

Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and after 

DOE evaluates whether the proposed 

action will have an adverse impact on 

the sufficiency of supply or reliability of 

the United States electric power supply 

system. 

Copies of this Application will be 

made available, upon request, by 

accessing the program website at 

https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pendingapplications-0 or by emailing 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

December 13, 2024, by Maria Robinson, 

Director, Grid Deployment Office, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 

16, 2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30219 Filed 12–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[GDO Docket No. EA–171–F] 

Application for Renewal of 

Authorization To Export Electric 

Energy; Powerex Corp. 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Powerex Corp. (the Applicant 

or Powerex) has applied for renewal of 

authorization to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada 

pursuant to the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before January 21, 2025. 


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